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extending itfelf along thcfe chains above forty leagues. 

 This province begins about fix leagues eaft of Lima, 

 From the difpofition of its parts, thofe places only 

 which lie in the valley, apd in the breaches of the 

 mountains are inhabited and thefe are very fertile, 

 producing great quantities of fruit, wheat, barley, 

 maize, and other grain. In its mo\intains are feveral 

 filver mines, though but few of them are wrought, 

 being none of the richeft. 



VIII. GuANuco is a city and the capital of its ju- 

 rifdidlion, which begins forty leagues north-eaft of 



, Lima. This city was formerly one of the principal 

 in thefe kingdoms, and the fettlement of fome of 

 the firft conquerors ; but at prefent in fo ruinous a 

 condition, that the principal houfes where thefe great 

 men lived remain as it were only monuments of its 

 former opulence. The other parts of it can hardly 

 be compared to an Indian town. The temperature 

 of the air in the greatell part of its territories is very 

 pure and mild; and the foil fruitful. Several kinds 

 of fweetmeats and jellies are made here, and fold to 

 piher provinces. 



IX. The jurifdiftion of Yauyos, begins twenty 

 leagues fourh-eaft from Lima, and takes up part of 

 the firft: and fecond chain of the Cordilleras ; confe- 

 quently the temperature of the air is different in 

 different parts. The greateft length of this jurif- 

 didion is about thirty leagues, and abounds in fruits, 

 wheat, barley, maize, &c. whilft other parts are 

 continually cloathed with verdure, and feed numerous 

 herds and flocks for the markets of Lima and thefe 

 are the moft confiderable articles of its commerce. 



X. The jurifdicfiion of Caxatambo, which begins 

 35 it^'^g^^-s north of Lima, extends about 20 leagues, 

 and partly among the mountains, whence the tempe- 

 rature of the air is various but the whole territory is 

 verv fertile in srain. It has alfo fome filver mines, 

 which are worked, and the Indians have m^nufafture$ 



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